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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Fleur de Bray

SINGER

Fleur de Bray

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Francesca Lauri

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Fleur de Bray, trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Wales International Academy of Voice. Fleur also has a Bachelor of Music Honours degree and Master of Music (Distinction) from Cardiff University. Awards include the Baroness De Turkheim Vocal Scholarship, Eva Turner Award, David Lloyd Vocal Scholarship and Sir Geraint Evans Prize. Fleur made her Royal Opera House debut singing the high coloratura role of ‘Bottle’ and ‘Victorian’, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by British composer Will Todd, in the Linbury Theatre. She was also a Christine Collins Young Artist at Opera Holland Park, performing the role of Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. Fleur sung the principal role of Katherina Cavalieri in two sell-out seasons of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus at the National Theatre, with the Southbank Sinfonia. In addition, Fleur also holds a PhD from Cardiff University, specialising in contemporary vocal and opera writing.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

Down by the Salley Gardens (Rebecca Clarke) 28/11/2025

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

A Mother's Love (Fleur de Bray) 28/11/2025

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

Semi-Final (10-12 minutes)
1. Down by the Salley Gardens by Rebecca Clarke (2 mins)
2. Shy One by Rebecca Clarke (1 minute 30)
3. A Mother’s Love by Fleur de Bray (b. 1984) (4 mins 45)
4. There are fairies at the bottom of our garden by Liza Lehmann (2 mins 45)

TOTAL 11 minutes

Final
1. Ophelia’s Song by Elizabeth Maconchy (2 mins 30)
2. God made a tree by Rebecca Clarke (2 mins 30)
3. Down by the Salley Gardens by Rebecca Clarke (2 mins)
4. Shy One by Rebecca Clarke (1 minute 30)
5. Princess Sized by Fleur de Bray (2 mins)
6. Tiny Bestie by Fleur de Bray (2 mins)
7. A Mother’s Love by Fleur de Bray (4 mins 45)

TOTAL 17 minutes 15 seconds

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